hello there…
I’m Lynne Lambourne, sustainability warrior, interior designer, upcyler ,mother, guardian of the Ocean and very frustrated mermaid.
In my day job as an Interior Designer my work always incorporates vintage, salvaged and upcycled pieces. I try to make sustainable choices wherever I can using secondhand or upcycled pieces and choose products made from recycled materials in my designs. My design work can be seen on my www.lynnelambourne.com website.
Through my work and my campaigning I have gathered some amazing contacts. I learn about the things that can help people live more sustainably, as consumers we have the power to change the world by the choices we make. You can find the better choices all here on my Amazon affiliate Shop all as well as our Sustainability Tribe page where you can find brands an initiatives to help you make more easy sustainable choices that “wont cost the earth”.
Lets talk plastic
For as long as I can remember I have loved the ocean and all the beauty that lies beneath the waves, but a few years ago I started to panic. Images of the oceans full of plastic were becoming all too frequent and talk of the great pacific garbage patch seem to become almost accepted as if it was someone else’s problem. I couldn't just sit at home whilst Nemo and his friends were clearly in such a depressing situation. I decided that I couldn’t wait for the government to make changes, I couldn't rely on huge corporations all making vast amounts of cash to make a change I HAD TO DO SOMETHING MYSELF … AND FAST to help inspire everyone to reduce their use of single use plastic. We can all talk about change but we have to make it happen! Go out and do it. You'll find that actually doing things and creating change is really positive.
So what are we going to do about it?
I decided that I would use my knowledge of upcyling and love of children to educate the next generation to take better care of this planet than their parents had. I hoped that if I inspired the children to become 'Warriors on Waste' they would nag their parents, teachers and friends and slowly my message would spread and changes would happen. I started the mini movement called ‘Warriors on Waste’ five years ago where I run after school clubs and holiday bootcamps, I often go into schools and do talks ( I call it My Saving Nemo Tour), the children learn about how wasteful we have become as a society, we learn what can be recycled and what we can do on a day to day basis to make small changes that will save the world. Our main focus is upcyling everyday trash items that would normally be thrown away, into fantastic useful things again. #trashtotreasure